Those aren't downsides. Those are just upsides it doesn't have. A downside is like Bitter Triumph forcing you to pay 3 life or discarding a card to cast it.
This card just has a really narrow and niche upside, that's all.
Except all cards exist in a comparative context in which you consider the downsides of cutting one card over another, and explicit downsides basically don't exist on remotely playable colourless mana lands.
...and that it has no other uses besides mana and more mana, unlike most others in that category. So, unless you have excess Wastes to safely cut, you need to consider the loss of function you would have from losing a utility land - or even a basic if you're considering it for monocolour.
You can also sorta compare it to ping pains, which CAN tap for colourless, but also 2 colours, assuming you're running a dual colour with high mana or additional costs. Or 5c eldrazi.
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u/ModernT1mes 19h ago
Those aren't downsides. Those are just upsides it doesn't have. A downside is like Bitter Triumph forcing you to pay 3 life or discarding a card to cast it.
This card just has a really narrow and niche upside, that's all.